Coach Wei's Blog
Here is a question that I have been pondering on and off for quite a while:
Why do "cool kids" choose Ruby or PHP to build websites instead of Java?
I have to admit that I do not have an answer.
Why do I even care? Because I am a Java developer. Like many Java developers,
I get along with Java well. Not only the language itself, but the development
environments (Eclipse for example), step-by-step debugging helper, wide
availability of libraries and code snippets, and the readily accessible
information on almost any technical question I may have on Java via Google. ... (more)
At the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo and OpenAjax Alliance back to back
meetings in Santa Clara, CA this week, it has been hard not to think about
the developer community and how Web 2.0 is impacting it today.
Web development can be roughly divided into two camps:
Website development; Web application development;
"Website development" is more concerned about content: presenting content,
linki... (more)
This entry documents a few tips related to using Rhino JavaScript Engine to
process JavaScript code. If you are using Rhino, you probably won’t run
into the issues covered in this post during development or even testing.
However, you are fairly likely to run into these issues after your system
goes live. It would easily result in days or even weeks of soul searching
(speaking from my per... (more)
This article originally appeard in Java Developer's Journal on October 10,
2005
Which platform to use Java or .NET? Developers ask this question all the
time. Java has been widely adopted because of its overwhelming benefits on
the server side, but Java has less to offer on the client side. .NET has made
inroads into the enterprise by leveraging its stronger rich-client
capabilities. An... (more)